The last of my panels in NerdCon: Stories was “But It’s Just a Story: The Moral Responsibility of the Storyteller”. As aforementioned, I didn’t intend to attend, but I’m glad I did. It brought up a lot of issues that I hadn’t considered. Patrick Rothfuss started the panel with an anecdote about reading The Hobbit to his son. It starts quite dully with Gandalf and Bilbo having a conversation. Then the dwarves arrive, one by one, and more discussions and negotiations ensue. Nothing magical happens — except for one thing, Bilbo and Gandalf sit outside blowing smoke rings, competing with each other. And so, as impressionable young ones are want…